BY-LAWS 


OF     THE 


MASSACHUSETTS    HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 


ADOPTED      JUNE,     1866 


BOSTON: 

PRINTED   BY    HENRY   W.    DUTTON   fc  SON, 

Transcript  Building. 

1866. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MASSACHUSETTS 
AT  AMHERST 


UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 

Special  Collections  &  Rare  Books 


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SECTION  I. 

THE    OFFICERS    OF    THE    SOCIETY. 

The  Officers  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  a  President,  four 
Vice-Presidents,  a  Treasurer,  a  Corresponding  Secretary  and  a 
Recording  Secretary,  who  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  and  shall  hold 
their  offices  for  one  year, and  until  others  are  chosen  in  their  stead; 
provided  however,  that  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
President  unless  he  shall  have  been  a  member  for  the  term  of 
three  yeai-s  previous. 

SECTION   II. 

PROFESSOR.         • 

A  Professor  of  Botany  and  Vegetable  Physiology  shall  be  elected 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  who  shall,  ex  officio,  be  a 
member  of  the  Library  Committee. 


SECTION  III. 

STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

There  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot  at  the  annual  meeting  the  fol- 
lowing Standing  Committees: — 
An  Executive  Committee  of 
A  Finance  Committee  of 
A  Committee  for  Establishing  Prizes  of 
«  "  on  the  Library,     . 

«  «  «    Ornamental  Gardening, 

«  «  "    Fruits,     . 

u  «  «    Plants  and  Flowers, 

u  "  "    Vegetables, 

«  «  of  Arrangements, 


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SECTION  IV. 

ANNUAL     MEETING. 

The  annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  Officers,  a  Professor  and 
Standing  Committees,  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Saturday  of  October, 
and  they  shall  enter  upon  their  respective  duties  on  the  first  Satur- 
day of  January  ensuing. 


SECTION   Y. 

NOTICE    OF    ELECTIONS. 

At  least  ten  days'  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Recording  Secre- 
tary of  every  annual  election,  by  publishing  the  same  in  not  less 
than  three  newspapers  printed  in  the  city  of  Boston.  The  notice 
shall  specify  the-  time  and  place  of  said  election,  and  the  different 
Officers,  a  Professor  and  Committees,  to  be  voted  for ;  and  unless 
thirty  members  at  least  shall  be  present,  and  give  in  their  votes, 
the  President  or  presiding  officer  shall  adjourn  the  said  election  for 
the  term  of  three  weeks,,of  which  adjourned  election  the  like  notice 
shall  be  given  as  of  the  annual  election,  and  the  election  shall  then 
proceed,  whatever  may  be  the  number  of  members  present. 


SECTION   VI. 

MODE    OF    BALLOTING. 

The  names  of  persons  to  be  balloted  for  at  the  annual  election 
shall  be  contained  on  one  ballot,  and  the  offices  for  wliich  they  are 
respectively  nominated  shall  be  distinctly  designated.  The  polls 
shall  remain  open  thirty  minutes  at  least,  and,  when  closed,  the 
President  or  presiding  officer  shall  appoint  a  Committee  of  two  to 
assort,  count,  and  report  the  number  of  votes  given,  and  the  Presi- 
dent shall  declare  who  has  a  majority  and  who  are  elected. 


SECTION  VII. 

THE    STATED     MEETINGS. 

The  stated  meetings  of  the  "Society  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Saturday  of  January,  of  April,  of  July,  and  of  October.     Should  a 


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legal  holiday  occur  on  any  of  the  preceding  days,  the  meeting  shall 
be  held  on  the  Saturday  next  succeeding. 


SECTION  VIII. 

QUORUM. 

Twenty  members,  exclusive  of  the  President  or  presiding  officer, 
shall  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  at  all  meetings 
except  that  of  the  annual  election. 


SECTION   IX. 

ORDER    OF    BUSINESS. 

1.  Reading  the  Records  of  last  meeting. 

2.  Proposals  for  membership. 

3.  Reports  of  Committees. 

4.  Deferred  and  new  business. 

5.  Elections. 

6.  Reading  of  communications. 


SECTION  X. 

VACANCIES,   HOW    FILLED. 

Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  any  of  the  offices  of  the 
Society  it  shall  be  filled  by  a  special  election,  of  which  two  weeks' 
notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Recording  Secretary  in  not  less  than 
three  newspapers  printed  in  the  city  of  Boston ;  and  if  vacancies 
occur  in  the  Standing  Committees,  they  may  be  filled  at  any  stated 
meeting  of  the  Society. 


SECTION   XL 

THE    PRESIDENT. 

The  duty  of  the  President  shall  be  to  preside  at  all  the  meetings 
of  the  Society  ;  to  keep  order ;  to  state  the  business  before  the 
Society ;  to  state  and  put  questions,  and,  in  case  of  an  equal  divi- 
sion on  any  question,  to  give  the  casting  vote ;  to  call  for  accounts 
and  reports  from  all  committees ;  to  call  extra  meetings  of  the  So- 


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ciety,  when  requested  in  writing  by  twelve  members,  and  generally 
to  superintend  the  execution  of  such  By-Laws  and  Regulations  as 
the  Society  shall  from  time  to  time  enact,  not  otherwise  provided 
for.  lie  shall  also  report,  from  time  to  time,  what  measures  in  his 
judgment  are  necessary  for  promoting  its  objects  and  extending  its 
usefulness. 


SECTION  XII. 

THE    VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  at  any  meeting  of  the  Society, 
the  senior  Vice-President  present  shall  preside,  and  exercise  all 
the  authority,  privileges  and  power  of  the  President ;  and  in  case 
neither  the  President  nor  any  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  shall 
be  present,  the  Society  shall  choose  a  President  pro  tempore,  who 
shall  be  invested  with  all  the  power  and  authority  of  the  President. 


SECTION  XIII. 

DUTIES     OF    THE    TREASURER. 

The  Treasurer  shall  have  charge  of  the  funds  of  the  Society, 
and  deposit  the  same  in  some  bank  in  the  city  of  Boston,  where 
his  account,  as  Treasurer,  shall  be  kept,  and  all  payments  shall  be 
made  by  checks.  He  shall  pay  no  prizes  or  gratuities  except 
upon  the  written  order  of  the  Chairmen  of  the  respective  Com- 
mittees ;  and  shall  require  all  bills  presented  for  payment  to  be 
approved  by  the  competent  authority.  He  shall  have  the  care  and 
custody  of  the  seal  of  the  Society  and  of  the  dies  for  the  medals ; 
and  he  shall  cause  the  medals  to  be  struck  when  required,  and 
shall  deliver  them  from  time  to  time,  as  awarded.  He  shall  have 
in  his  care  and  safe  keeping  the  bonds,  deeds,  notes,  certificates 
of  stock,  or  other  evidence  of  property ;  shall  make  all  transfers 
and  investments,  with  consent  and  approval  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee ;  shall  pay  the  taxes,  insurance,  interest  on  loans,  &c.,  and 
keep  a  correct  account  of  the  disbursements  and  receipts  of  the 
Society.  He  shall  also  act  as  Superintendent  of  the  Building, 
with  the  advice  of  the  Finance  Committee,  and  shall  attend  to  the 


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care  and  letting  of  the  same,  and  the  collection  of  rents  and  other 
income  of  the  Society.  For  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties 
he  shall  give  bonds,  in  such  sum  and  with  such  sureties  as  shall  be 
approved  by  the  Finance  Committee. 


SECTION  XIV. 

DUTIES    OF    CORRESPONDING    SECRETARY. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  correspondence 
of  the  Society ;  he  shall  keep  copies  of  the  same  in  a  book  pro- 
vided for  the  purpose,  which  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
members  at  any  meeting ;  he  shall  also  receive  and  read  all  letters 
and  papers  addressed  to  the  Society,  and  shall  dispose  of  them  in 
such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  By-Laws  or  directed 
by  the  Society.  In  the  absence  of  the  Recording  Secretary  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  shall  perform  his  duties ;  and  in  the  ab- 
sence of  both  Secretaries  the  President  shall  appoint  a  Correspond- 
ing or  Recording  Secretary  jpro  tempore: 


SECTION  XV. 

DUTIES    OF    RECORDING     SECRETARY. 

The  Recording  Secretary  shall  give  notice  of  all'  stated  and 
special  meetings  of  the  Society,  by  a  notice  published  in  some  news- 
paper printed  in  the  city  of  Boston,  and  of  adjourned  meetings  by 
a  notice  posted  in  the  Library  Room  of  the  Society,  and  shall  reg- 
ularly record  the  proceedings  thereof  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that 
purpose.  In  the  absence  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  he  shall 
perform  his  duties. 

He  shall  give  notice  to  each  person  of  his  election.  He  shall 
record  the  election  of  every  member,  with  the  date  thereof,  and  by 
whom  proposed,  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  and  shall  report 
his  name  and  residence  to  the  Treasurer.  He  shall  deliver  to  the 
Executive  Committee  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  each  meeting 
whenever  requested,  and  shall  cause  to  be  prepared  and  counter- 
signed all  diplomas  or  certificates  of  membership. 


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SECTION  XVI. 

EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE. 

The  President,  and  Ex-Presidents  ex-officio,  and  four  other 
members,  to  be  elected  at  the  annual  meeting,  shall  constitute  this 
Committee.  They  shall  have  free  access,  at  all  times,  to  the  records 
of  the  Society,  and  to  the  books  of  the  Treasurer,  and  it  shall  be 
their  duty  to  recommend  to  the  Society,  on  or  before  the  first 
Saturday  of  November,  the  amount  to  be  appropriated  for  prizes 
and  gratuities  the  ensuing  year ;  and  also,  on  the  first  Saturday  of 
December,  to  report  the  list  of  those  that  are  to  be  offered  by  the 
respective  committees,  with  their  approval  or  disapproval  of  the 
same.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Committee,  with  the  aid  of  the 
Professor  of  Botany,  to  publish  so  much  of  the  proceedings  of 
every  meeting  or  exhibition  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  Society. 


SECTION  XVII. 

FINANCE     COMMITTEE. 

The  Finance  Committee  shall  have  a  general  supervision  of  the 
Building  and  other  property  of  the  Society,  and  shall  approve  all 
transfers  and  investments  made  by  the  Treasurer.  They  shall 
examine  and  audit  the  Treasurer  s  account  in  time  for  him  to  pre- 
sent the  same  to  the  Society  on  the  first  Saturday  of  January. 
They  shall  make  all  settlements  with  the  Treasurer  of  Mount 
Auburn  Cemetery,  and  generally  adjust  all  matters  appertaining  to 
the  indenture  between  the  Society  and  that  Corporation.  They 
shall  also,  with  the  assent  and  concurrence  of  the  President,  deter- 
mine the  number  and  salaries  of  all  officers  of  the  Society,  not 
provided  for  by  the  By-Laws. 


SECTION  XVIII. 

LIBRATIY     COMMITTEE. 

The  Committee  on  the  Library  sliall  have  charge  of  all  books, 
drawings  and  engravings,  and  shall,  from  time  to  time,  procure 
such  works  as  may  be  deemed  expedient,  not  exceeding  the  amount 
appropriated  for  the  purpose.     They  shall  cause  the  Library  to  be 


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opened  for  the  use  of  th^  members  on  Saturday  of  eacli  week,  and 
during  such  other  times  as  tliey  may  deem  expedient.  Tliey  shall 
report  on  the  first  Saturday  in  December,  the  condition  of  the 
Library,  and  what  measures  may  be  necessary  for  its  preservation 
and  augmentation  ;  and  shall  adopt  and  enforce  regulations  for  the 
Library  and  Cabinet,  which  have  been  approved  by  the  Society. 
These  regulations  shall  be  affixed  to  every  volume,  and  posted  in 
the  Library  room. 


SECTION  XIX. 

COMMITTEE    FOR    ESTABLISHING    PRIZES. 

This  Committee  shall  consist  of  the  Chairmen  of  the  Committee 
on  Gardens,  Fruits,  Plants  and  Flowers,  and  Vegetables,  and  one 
other  member,  who  shall  be  chosen  at  the  annual  election;  and 
the  Committee  elect  shall  present  to  the  Executive  Committee,  on 
or  before  the  first  Saturday  of  December,  a  list  of  the  prizes  they 
recommend  to  be  offered,  which,  if  approved,  shall  be  adopted  and 
published  as  the  List  of  Prizes  for  the  ensuing  year. 


SECTION  XX. 

COMMITTEES    FOR    AVTARDIXG    PRIZES    AND    GRATUITIES. 

These  Committees  shall  be  the  Committee  on  Gardens,  the 
Committee  on  Fruits,  the  Committee  on  Plants  and  Flowers,  and 
the  Committee  on  Vegetables.  Two  members  of  either  of  these 
Committees  shall  be  a  quorum,  and  if  two  members  shall  not  be 
in  attendance  the  member  present  may  appoint  other  members  of 
the  Society  to  fill  the  vacancy.  '  The  said  committees,  except  that 
on  Gardens,  shall  attend  at  the  Society's  Hall,  one  hour  before  the 
same  is  opened  to  the  public,  to  examine  the  specimens  exhibited, 
and  award  the  Prizes  or  Gratuities ;  also  to  attend  at  such  other 
times  and  places  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Society.  Thev 
shall  make  rules  in  regard  to  the  time  and  manner  of  exhibiting 
specimens  for  prizes,  to  be  approved  by  the  Society.  They  shall 
examine  all  new  Plants,  Flowers,  Fruits  or  Vegetables  presented 
at   the    exhibitions,   and   report    their    correct   name,   description 


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and  merit.  They  shall  make  a  report  of  each  Exhibition  for  pub- 
lication. 

The  Committee  on  Ornamental  Gardening  shall  visit  such  gar- 
dens, parks,  &c.,  as  may  be  offered  for  prizes,  under  such  rules 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Society ;  and  in  making  their  awards 
of  prizes  the  Committee  shall  have  reference  to  the  arrangement 
and  laying  out  of  such  gardens,  grounds,  &c.,  as  in  accordance  with 
the  true  principles  of  beauty  and  art ;  to  the  adaptation  of  the  trees, 
shrubs  and  plants  therein  to  such  arrangement,  and  to  the  uses  to 
which  such  are  applied,  as  well  as  to  their  keeping  and  cultivation. 

On  the  first  Saturday  of  December,  the  said  Committees  shall 
report  to  the  Society  the  Prizes  and  Gratuities  awarded  by  them. 

No  member  of  any  of  the  Committees  for  awarding  Prizes  or 
Gratuities  shall  in  any  case  vote  respecting  an  award  for  which 
such  member  may  be  a  competitor,  or  have  an  interest  therein ; 
but  in  such  case  such  member  or  members  shall  temporarily  with- 
draw from  the  committee,  and  the  vacancy  shall  be  supplied  by 
the  remaining  members ;  and  in  case  all  the  members  of  any  com- 
mittee are  competitors  for  any  and  the  same  prize,  the  award  of 
tlie  same  shall  be  made  by  a  special  committee  appointed  for  the 
purpose  by  the  President,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  either  of  the  Vice- 
Presidents  of  the  Society. 


SECTION   XXI. 

COMMITTEE    ON    ORNAMENTAL    GARDENING. 

The  Committee  on  Ornamental  Gardening  shall  consist  of  the 
Chairmen  of  the  respective  Committees  on  Fruits,  Flowers  and 
Vegetables,  and  four  members  to  be  chosen  at  the  annual  meeting. 


SECTION   XXII. 

(;<>MMITTKE    or    ARRANGEMENTS    TO    SUPERINTEND    THE    ANNUAL 
EXHIBITIONS. 

There  shall  be,  in  September  or  October,  one  or  more  Exhibi- 
tions of  Fruits  and  Flowers,  or  of  Fruits,  Flowers  and  Vegetables, 
'•ither  separately  or  together,  as  the  Society  may  direct,  and  a 


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Committee  of  Arrangements  shall  be  chosen  from  the  Standing 
Committees  on  Fruits,  Flowers  and  Vegetables,  at  the  annual  meet°- 
ing,  to  superintend  the  same. 


SECTION  XXIII. 

ELECTION    OF    MEMBERS. 

Candidates  for  Life  and  Subscription  Membership  may  be 
proposed  at  any  meeting  of  the  Society.  All  proposals  shall  be 
referred  to  the  Executive  Committee,  who  shall  examine  the  same 
and  report,  on  the  first  Saturday  of  each  month,  the  names  of  such 
persons  as  they  recommend  for  election.  A  majority  of  the  mem- 
bers present  shall  be  necessary  to  elect  a  member. 


SECTION  XXIV. 

HONORARY  AND  CORRESPONDING  MEMBERS. 

The  Society  may  (upon  recommendation  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee) elect  Honorary  and  Corresponding  Members  at  any  stated 
meeting;  to  each  of  whom  the  Corresponding  Secretary  shall 
transmit  a. Diploma  or  Certificate  of  his  election,  under  the  seal 
of  the  Society,  signed  by  the  President  and  countersigned  by  the 
Recording  Secretary ;  and  such  members  shall  not  be  entitled  to 
any  of  the  pecuniary,  elective  or  controlling  privileges  of  the 
Society. 


SECTION   XXV. 

LIFE    MEMBERS. 


The  payment  of  thirty  dollars  shall  constitute  a  Life  Member- 
ship, and  exempt  the  member  from  all  future  assessments.  And 
any  member,  having  once  paid  an  admission  fee,  may  become  a 
Life  Member  by  the  payment  of  twenty  dollars  in  addition  thereto. 


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SECTION  XXVI. 

ADMISSION    FEE    AND    ANNUAL    ASSESSMENT. 

Every  subscription  member,  before  he  receives  his  Diploma  or 
exercises  the  privileges  of  a  member,  shall  pay  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  as  an  admission  fee,  and  shall  be  subject  afterwards  to  an 
annual  assessment  of  two  dollars. 


SECTION   XXVII. 

PRIVILEGES    OF    MEMBERSHIP. 

Each  member  shall  be  entitled  to  the  privilege  of  voting,  of  eligi- 
bility to  office  or  appointment,  of  receiving  a  Diploma  or  Certificate 
of  Membership,  a  copy  of  the  published  transactions  of  the  So- 
ciety, and  a  printed  copy  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  Society,  of  using 
the  Library,  and  of  free  admission  to  all  the  exhibitions  of  the 
Society,  for  himself  and  his  family. 


SECTION   XXVIIL 

DISCONTINUANCE    OF    MEMBERSHIP. 

Any  member  who  shall  neglect,  for  the  space  of  two  years,  to 
pay  his  annual  assessment,  shall  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety ;  and  the  Treasurer  shall  erase  his  name  from  the  list  oi 
members.  Any  member  may,  at  will,  withdraw  from  the  Society, 
on  giving  notice  to  the  Treasurer,  and  paying  the  amount  due 
from  him  to  the  Society. 


SECTION   XXIX. 

EXPULSION    OF    MEMBERS. 

If  any  member  shall  dishonor  the  Society,  or  shall  be  guilty 
af  any  breach  of  good  faith  towards  the  Society,  he  may  be  expelled 
therefrom,  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  voting  for  his  expul- 
sion. But  no  member  shall  be  expelled  unless  a  written  notice  of 
the  motion  be  served  by  the  Secretary  upon  him  personally,  or  left 
at  his  usual  place  of  abode,  at  least  twenty  days  before  it  is  acted 
upon. 


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SECTION  XXX. 

FISCAL    YEAR. 

The  Fiscal  Year  shall  commence  on  the  first  <lay  of  January, 
and  all  annual  assessments  sliall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  due  at 
that  time. 


SECTION   XXXI. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

No  appropriations  of  money  shall  be  made  except  at  a  quarterly 
meeting  of  the  Society. 


SECTION   XXXII. 

THE    OBJECT    AND    DISTRIBUTION    OF    PRIZES  AND   GRATUITIES. 

Prizes  may  be  awarded  to  such  members  as  shall  have  essen- 
tially advanced  the  objects  of  the  Society,  or  for  the  exhibition  of 
any  Fruits,  Plants,  Flowers  or  Vegetables,  of  their  own  growth  or 
cultivation,  either  new  in  their  kind,  or  of  uncommon  excellence, 
or  for  any  new  and  successful  method  of  cultivating  any  variety 
of  Fruits,  Flowers,  Vegetables,  Shrubs,  Plants  or  Trees ;  for  any  of 
the  objects  recommended  by  the  Committee  on  Gardens,  or  for 
any  other  subject  connected  with  horticulture.  Gratuities  may  be 
awarded  for  similar  objects  to  any  persons,  but  no  gratuity  shall 
be  awarded  for  any  object  w^hich  shall  have  been  entered  or  exhib- 
ited for  a  prize.  Nor  shall  any  prize  be  awarded  for  any  object 
not  worthy  of  the  same.  Nor  shall  any  gratuity  given  for  any 
object  be  of  a  larger  amount  than  the  lowest  prize  established  for 
the  same  object. 

The  Society,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it  shall  from 
time  to  time  determine,  may  offer  a  prize  or  prizes  for  the  best 
Essays  on  Horticulture,  upon  such  subjects  as  may  be  proposed  by 
any  member,  and  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee.  The 
subject  of  such  Essays  to  be  publicly  announced  by  said  Committee 
at  least  six  months  before  the  time  fixed  for  making  the  award  of 
prizes,  which  award  shall  be  made  by  the  Executive  Committee., 
unless  the  Society  apj)oint  a  Special  Committee  for  the  purpose. 


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SECTION  xxxm. 

DONATIONS    AND    BEQUESTS. 

Whenever  any  donation  or  bequest  shall  be  made  to  the  Society 
for  any  specific  object,  it  shall  be  so  applied,  and  the  name  of  the 
donor  and  the  amount  and  description  of  each  donation  shall  be 
registered  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose. 

The  Executive  Committee  may  recommend  the  award  of  medals, 
or  other  testimonials,  to  donors  or  -  benefactors  of  the  Society  who 
have  advanced  its  interests  or  promoted  its  usefulness. 


SECTION   XXXIV. 

DISTRIBUTION    OF    SEEDS,    ETC. 

All  donations  of  seeds,  plants,  &c.,  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
Chairmen  of  such  Committees  as  the  President  may  order,  for 
examination  and  distribution,  and  the  recipients  shall  be  requested 
from  time  to  time  to  report  of  their  success  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
same  to  the  Society. 


SECTION   XXXV. 

AMENDMENTS    TO    THE    BY-LAWS. 

Amendments  to  the  By-Laws  may  be  proposed  on  the  first  Sat- 
urdays of  January,  of  April,  of  July  and  of  October,  only.  They 
shall  be  stated  in  writing,  and  have  two  readings  at  the  time  of 
being  proposed;  if  a  majority  of  the  members  present  vote  in  their 
favor,  they  shall  be  entered  on  the  journal  of  the  Society,  and  lie 
over  for  consideration  at  the  next  quarterly  meeting  or  an  adjourn- 
ment thereof;  when,  if  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  shall 
vote  in  favor  of  adopting  such  amendments,  they  shall  become  a 
part  of  the  By-Laws. 


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SECTION   XXXVI. 

OF    VOTING    BY    PROXY. 

Voting  by  proxy  shall  not  be  allowed. 


SECTION   XXXVII. 

All  By-Laws  now  in  operation,  which  conflict  with  this  code,  are 
hereby  repealed. 


SECTION  XXXVIII. 

So  much  of  these  By-Laws  as  relates  to  the  Officers  of  the  So- 
ciety shall  remain  inoperative  until  after  the  first  of  January,  1867. 


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